Ethiopia: leaders of Tigray region admit they attacked neighbouring Amhara

Fears fighting in country's north could reopen long-running feuds and spread across national borders

Leaders of Tigray in Ethiopia's north on Saturday claimed responsibility for rocket attacks on two airports in a nearby region and threatened to strike neighbouring Eritrea, raising concerns that the escalating conflict could spread across national borders.

The attacks - and threats of more - fuelled concern that a conflict Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed vowed would be quick and contained could instead snowball and destabilise the broader Horn of Africa region.